This is a collection of recipes from Teresa Lapetina Greco (Big Mamma), her daughter Elizabeth Greco Noviello (Mamaw), her grand daughter Marie Noviello Casazza and her great grand daughter-in-law.....Lee Casazza. My cookbook is now available in a hard cover and in Kindle on Amazon. If you live in the USA, you can order it now from my website. I will personally inscribe and sign the book for you, just leave instructions. www.leecasazzacooking.com. . . Buon appetito!

Friday, May 20, 2016

BLACK-EYED SUSANS

The Black-Eyed Susan cocktail got its name from the blanket of
Black-Eyed Susan flowers that is draped over the winning horse at the Preakness
Stakes. The 2000 flowers that make up the blanket are actually mums. Black-eyed
Susans do not bloom until summer. This Maryland horse race is held the third
Saturday in May at Pimlico Race Course, in Baltimore. There are several recipes
for this cocktail but I think this is closer to the official drink. I tweaked
it a bit by giving it another ounce of St Germain and a little more lime juice.
Some recipes call for vodka and bourbon, as well as a sour mix, but I think
this is delicious and refreshing and you can actually taste the St Germain.

1 cup (250 ml) vodka

3 oz (89 ml) St Germain Liqueur (elderflower liqueur)

1 cup (250 ml) pineapple juice

2 oz (59 ml) lime juice

3 oz (89) orange juice

4 Maraschino cherries, with stems

8 orange
wedges

In a pitcher or large cocktail shaker, mix together the vodka, St
Germain, pineapple juice, lime juice, and orange juice.

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I self-published my first cookbook and I am very proud to say it was printed in the United States! Every recipe has a photo and they were not photo shopped and a stylist was not used. The food was real and I took the photos before the food was served.

When I tasted the "Sunday Gravy" prepared by my husband's mother, grandmother, and even his great grandmother, "Big Mamma"—I was hooked. Teresa Lapetina and Vincenzio Greco sailed to America from Naples in 1898.They were from the small town of Picerno in the province of Potenza in the southern region of Basilicata. They have all departed us now. . .ora sono la mamma!